Mixed Emotions - Contract Administrator Baxter Employee Review

3.0
Jan 23, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Baxter has been going through many changes in the last couple of years. Buying Hill-Rom, spinning of the kidney portfolio. - The people I work with have been great. For the most part helpful and dedicated. - The company had pretty decent benefits. Better than I've had at my last couple of companies but still not as great as they have been in the past (per longer term employees)

Cons

- This is a huge risk adverse company. There is a lot of "that's not within my scope." Not that people don't want to help. We are all so siloed that even something that should be simple takes an inordinate about of time to get resolved. It's frustrating to have to contact multiple people to get one approval or one answer. - Managers (at least lower level) have too many reports to be effective. Most people are working remotely, at least part of the time, so everything is Teams calls or messaging. It's hard to have any feeling of being a part of something. Again because of the silo and no cross-training. - Because of the number of reports, training is lacking and getting answers takes too much time. - Because everyone is siloed you don't know where to go outside your immediate area. - When Baxter bought Hill-Rom, we went from unlimited PTO to 4 weeks combined sick time and vacation.

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Baxter Response
2y
Thank you for your thoughtful review as a Contract Administrator with Baxter. You raise good points around camaraderie and benefits. It's important to us that our people genuinely enjoy working with each other and feel cared for by Baxter. And you're right in that we've gone through a lot of changes over the last few years, and we will always be evolving as an organization. We see change as an opportunity for people to grow and learn in a variety of ways. We do hope that you have found interesting challenges to navigate in the changes you've experienced! Thank you again for your 4 years with Baxter and for your feedback.

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Cons

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Baxter Response
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Thank you for your kind words and for the impact you made during your time at Baxter. It means a great deal to hear that your experience was so positive, and we are grateful for the contributions you made as part of our team!
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